Non Functional Test NFT Lead - #1795071

Colossus Recruitment


Date: 14 hours ago
City: Edinburgh
Contract type: Full time
Work schedule: Full day
Colossus Recruitment

NFT Lead – Non-Functional TestingGlasgow / Edinburgh (Hybrid)Outside IR35Initial 12-month contract (extendable)Clearance: BPSS required


We are hiring multiple NFT Leads to help drive a flagship multi-year Quality Assurance transformation programme for a major UK client. As part of a SAFe Agile delivery, this is a hands-on, technical role — not just coordination. You will own the design and execution of non-functional tests covering performance, scalability, failover, and security validation.


You’ll be building automation libraries, executing scenario-based testing, and providing clear data-led insights to readiness gates and go-live decisions. What you'll do:Design & execute performance, scalability, failover, and soak tests


Run load and resilience testing to validate system behaviour under stress

Manage NFT artefacts and dashboards aligned to release decision points

Drive automation uplift and reusable test libraries into CI/CD pipelines

Ensure monitoring & environment alignment for NFT accuracy

Integrate security testing: threat modelling, vulnerability, and penetration testing

Support ITHC readiness, operational acceptance (OAT), and recovery test walkthroughs

Collaborate with DevOps, infrastructure, automation, and client teams

Track and document failure patterns and regressions across test stages

What you'll bring:Strong experience in non-functional testing: performance, failover, and resilience

Ability to build risk-based test scenarios, not just run template scripts

Skilled in tracking and analysing performance regressions

Strong CI/CD mindset: integrate NFT into DevOps pipelines

Ability to work closely with triage teams and provide decisive test data

Hands-on security validation and ITHC preparation experience

Tech environment:Must-have:Test & Reporting: q

Test, Jira, Xray, Allure, ConfluenceCI/CD & Build: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Git, GradleNFT Tools:NeoLoad, JMeter, BlazeMeterOWASP ZAP, SonarQube, Burp Suite, SQLMap, NmapLighthouse, Prometheus, Grafana, SnykNice to have:Selenium, Playwright, Serenity BDD, Cucumber, Postman, REST AssuredGatling, RedLine13All our roles are UK based. When submitting your application to Colossus, please ensure the following

Your CV has your address and postcode.You also have your correct phone number and email address so we can contact you asap regarding your application.For confidentiality purposes, please remove any reference contact phone number's and email address details from your CV.

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